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Contextualist Street Art in Berlin.
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The sculpture has descended from the podium on to the earth.The painting has transcended the frame into reality.
Now the work of art and the public context become indistinguishable.
Predictability is the enemy of seeing.Experience is experiencing what one does not expect to experience.The Contextualist work is not meant to be actively experienced.It is meant to operate below the viewers awareness.Pieces are seen every day for years, yet they are never questioned.Not a form of Regionalism; the Late-Contextualists reject the generalization of areas or cultures. The only valid culture is the individual. The only valid place is that which is within an individual’s senses at one time.
The exact locations of works displayed in this book have been withheld in the inter-est of preserving their contextual anonymity.
Contextualist works may still be happening, may always have happened.
LATE-CONTEXTUALISTS IN THE URBAN CONTEXT
[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures[02] Accessories
[04] Contextual Sound[05] Placements
[06] Displacements[07] Replacements
[08] False Publications[09] Fronting
[10] Overused Iconography Usage[11] Progressive Vandalism
[12] Shooting Blanks
Some categories to categorize the works shown:
[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures
Untitled #1, Untitled #2
[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures
Lenin
Secretly installed at night.
[02] Accessories
Rubber Stamp Tool
Thomas Knoll
Tiles. Painted.
[02] Accessories
Shutter Speed
[02] Accessories
Untitled #4
Installation.
[02] Accessories
Untitled
Installation.
[02] Accessories
Silent Alarmz
Coven’s work usually takes a more serious tone.
[02] Accessories
Untitled #Beige
[02] Accessories
Media is the Message
Non-functional, of course.
I Think I’m Going 2
Blue Box
pasted from the surroundings.
T Y B
[04] Contextual Sound
Untitled
in stereo.
[04] Contextual Sound
Untitled
threshold of pain.
[05] Placements
The Berlin Wall 2.0
[05] Placements
Untitled
The smaller one is fake.
[05] Placements
Bicycle chained with a red chain
Installation.
[05] Placements
Stump #5
[05] Placements
Untitled
[05] Placements
Gum Ballz
Installation.
[06] Displacements
Curb Enthusiasm
This work commemorates the millennium celebration.
[06] Displacements
Eine Dicke Katze
[07] Replacements
Untitled
Unnecessary repairs.
[07] Replacements
Untitled
Chintan Intwala
[08] False Publications
Achtung Frisch gestrichen
Edward Kandrot
These tiles have never been painted.
[08] False Publications
BILDERCENTER foto-express-service
Sarah Kong
[09] Fronting
Asia Markt Frischkorb
[09] Fronting
Kingdom of Cambodia Embassy
the Kingdom of Cambodia.
[10] Overused Iconography Usage
U.S.A. A.O.K.
familiarity.
[10] Overused Iconography Usage
Che-ese
[11] Progressive Vandalism
Untitled #6
[11] Progressive Vandalism
Try hugging it now
The tree was perfectly healthy.
[11] Progressive Vandalism
Freiheit
This is what happens.
[12] Shooting Blanks
White Compilation 7
[12] Shooting Blanks
Untitled
[12] Shooting Blanks
Untitled
[12] Shooting Blanks
Untitled
Off-white paint.